“OF ALL THE LL^S IN
the world, sometimes
The Clarion
THE WORST ARE YOUR
OWN FEARS.”
VOLUME XXXI
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C., SEPTEMBER 27, 1963
NUMBER 1
New Faculty Members Join College Community
Trustees
To Visit
College
Brevard College is very for
tunate in having one of the larg
est Boards of Trustees to be
found anywhere. It is compos
ed of business and professional
men of unusual stature. With one
excepton, that of Dr. Henry
Sprinkle, Editor of the World
Outlook Magazine, New York, all
the trustees live in North Caro
lina.
The executive Committee of
the Board will meet during the
evening of October 10, and the
members of this committee will
be joined by the other members
of the Board for the regular
fall meeting on Friday, October
11.
Many important items of bus
iness will be considered at this
meeting: the naming of the new
administration building that is
scheduled to be built during
1963 - 64, the approval of the
annual budget, reviewing the ed
ucational, business, religious and
social aspects of the college pro
gram. It is expected that several
plans for the improvement of
the physical property of the
college as well as the education
al program will be completed
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MISS LAKE ALLEN
MRS. RUTH ALEXANDER
MISS KATHERINE GILES
Dixon Heads
Library Staff
Mr. Joseph M. Dixon, formerly
of Waynesville, is the new col
lege Librarian. Prior to coming
to Brevard, he was head librar
ian of the Haywood County Pub
lic Library in Waynesville.
A native of Greensboro, Mr.
pixon received his B.S. degree
in Library Science at Appala
chian State Teachers College
and has completed work on his
Master’s degree at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Mr. Dixon, his wife, and two
small daughters joined the col
lege community late in August.
College Conducts
"Self-Study”
The Board of Trustees and
the faculty of Brevard College
are currently engaged in an in
stitutional research program for
the purpose of evaluating every
phase of the college operation.
The Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools,
accrediting agency, to which
Brevard College belongs, re
quires that all member institu
tions make such a study every
ten years.
On completion of the study, a
report will be made next Octob
er to a visitation committee,
from out of state, appointed by
the Association. Serving on the
committee will be administra
tive officers and teachers from
member colleges.
This type of institutional re
search program is designed to
help colleges and universities re
assess their objectives, measure
success in attaining them, ex
plore ways and means by which
educational efficiency may be
improved and prepare for the
ever-increasing demands upon
institutions of higher learning.
The content of the study will
include an examination and an
evaluation of the purpose of the
college, financial resources, or
ganization, educational program,
the library, the faculty, student
personnel, physical plant, and
special activities.
As conceived by the Commis-
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Brevard Little Theatre
To Open Season With
Hootenanny Plus
The Brevard Little Theatre,
with its president, Mrs. C. C.
Johnson; chairman, Mrs. Julius
Sader; and publicity director,
Mr. Edward W. Freeman, an
nounces that the theatre will be
presenting a two-hour program
Friday night which is entitled
Miss Allen Is Nurse
Students Represent
Eighteen States
Brevard College has begun an
other fall semester in the beau
tiful Blue Ridge Mountains with
a total of 396 students. As in
years past, the majority are from
North Carolina but 17 other
states are represented. There are
213 North Carolinians on campus
from 44 different counties.
The other states represented
are Alabama, Connecticut, Del
aware, District of Columbia, Flor
ida Georgia, Indiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, South Caro
lina, Tennessee, Virginia, and
West Virginia. The out-of-state
students total 178. In addition
there are five Cuban students
The number of women and
men students is about the same.
There are only four more wom
en than men. But the majority
of the student body is made up
of new students.
“Hootenanny Plus”. Featured
will be Miss Margaret Fletcher,
sister of Miss America of 1962
who will display her dancing tal
ent.
Also on the program will be
a trio from Brevard College
Dean Jevons, Ron Smith, and
Kirk Floyd. In store for the
public will be several dances,
group singing, and ballads sung
by Miss Moser, who teaches mus
ic at the college. This is one
of the many programs the Little
Theatre will be presenting this
year to entertain the public.
Everyone is invited to come out
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Brevard college has added a
number of new faculty members
for the 1963-64 term. The new
college nurse is Miss Lake Allen.
She attended Elon College and
graduated from Saint Leo’s Hos
pital School of Nursing in
Greensboro. Miss Allen holds a
degree in Public Health Nursing
from the University of North
Carolina, and has done graduate
work at the University of Penn
sylvania and at Guilford College.
Mrs. W. N. Alexander former
ly from Lynn, Massachusetts,
teaches biology. She received
both the B.S. and M.S. degrees
from Western Carolina College.
Miss Katherine W. Giles teach
es women’s physical education.
She received her A.B. degree
from the University of North
Carolina. Miss Giles held a grad
uate fellowship at Appalachian
State Teachers College where
she received her M.A. degree.
She lived in Forest City before
coming to Brevard.
A native of Alabama, Mr. Lar
ry Whatley has joined the music
faculty to teach piano, brass, and
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Rising
Selected
The 1963 Homecoming Queen
and her attendants have been se
lected by the student body of
Brevard College. Sue Rising
from Bronxville, Nev/ York will
be Queen, and Vicky Roveano of
Waynesville will be the Soph^
more Attendant. Rosemary Webb
from Simpsonville, South Caro
lina, will be the freshman at
tendant.
S.G.A. ANNOUNCEMENT
Any campus organization
desiring to plan some activ
ity should present a form
signed by its faculty sponsor
to the Dean’s office at least
ten days prior to the activity,
to insure being able to carry
out the event, ^y contro
versial social activity will be
discussed by the faculty and
student social committees.
The final word on any activ
ity will rest with these two
groups.
We would like to express
appreciation to the churches
who planned and prepared an
evening meal and program
for students Sunday, Septem
ber 15. Those participating
include the Brevard Method
ist, First Baptist, and the
Presbyterian. We enjoyed it
very much.
Mr. Adams
Returns
Found New York "Fun"
By ROBIN LYNN MAY
Two weeks ago, at the formal
convocation held for the purpose
of introducing the college fac
ulty, Dean Bennett named Mr.
Nelson Falls Adams, a music
teacher, among this year’s new
members. Mr. Adams, however,
is not a complete stranger to
Brevard. He was a member of
the college teaching staff for
seven years before taking a one-
year leave of absence in order
to study at Union Theological
Seminary in New York City.
At the School of Sacred Music
there, his main field of study
was musicology—or music his
tory—a course he now teaches
as music appreciation. In addi
tion to studies for his degree in
music history, he studied or
gan, composition, and choral and
orchestral conducting.
“It was really fun in New
York,” he remarked. “One dif
ficulty with Brevard is that it
is too isolated; it is far away
from concerts and recitals.
While I was in New York, I was
able to attend many things of
that sort that I had not enjoyed
since the last time I was there.”
That last time was in 1954,
when he attended Union Theo
logical Seminary to obtain a de
gree in sacred music. He had
already completed undergradu
ate studies in music theory and
composition at Duke University;
he had also received a degree in
religious education from the
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